HOWEVER, my developer/partner told me that yesterday he changed a few design pieces globally and we rolled out another product line (maybe 20 pages total). I know page count is important but I have a competitor that changes the look of his home page almost every week and his placement is better than mine (with less SEO).

Does site re-design play a role in rankings?
and if so, could it have caused this jump?

It depends, i mean improved load times, source ordering, file sizes it all plays a part in SEO although it may not be a hugely influential ranking factor, check your website through SEObrowser and you will be able to see. Also Download the Yslow extension for Firefoxes Firebug addon this is a great tool for suggesting ways in which you can cut down page load times.

I'm probably going to get shot down here but why are you implementing a automated link building campaign? Hasn't penguin taught you nothing?

Will do. I use quality articles (Hand Written or Jon Leger's Article Builder) and I haven't been hit on a single site yet from panda or penguin ***keeping my fingers crossed. And as always, any feedback is appreciated.

It depends, i mean improved load times, source ordering, file sizes it all plays a part in SEO although it may not be a hugely influential ranking factor, check your website through SEObrowser and you will be able to see. Also Download the Yslow extension for Firefoxes Firebug addon this is a great tool for suggesting ways in which you can cut down page load times.

I'm probably going to get shot down here but why are you implementing a automated link building campaign? Hasn't penguin taught you nothing?

HOWEVER, my developer/partner told me that yesterday he changed a few design pieces globally and we rolled out another product line (maybe 20 pages total)...
Does site re-design play a role in rankings?
and if so, could it have caused this jump?

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It depends. If you are just adding new content, e.g. new pages, video, images, that's Ok, but changing the actual site structure may have a negative effect, if implemented wrongly.

Will do. I use quality articles (Hand Written or Jon Leger's Article Builder) and I haven't been hit on a single site yet from panda or penguin ***keeping my fingers crossed.

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I've used Article Builder. Sorry, but they're not quality articles. They are essentially re-ordered PLR snippets, knitted together from a large content database, and you're sharing that content with 100's/1000's of other members. I've done Copyscape checks on some of the articles, and they don't pass. They may 'just' scrape by with a little work for Tier 1, but definitely not for your money site. You're better off just getting articles written instead (or if you have time, writing them yourself).

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